If you thought former NFL quarterback Tom Brady, who won six Super Bowls with the New England Patriots, would root for his former team in Super Bowl 60, you’d be wrong.
But Brady also isn’t rooting against his former team by pulling for the Seattle Seahawks.
‘I don’t have a dog in the fight in this one,’ the Fox Sports NFL analyst said in the latest episode of his ‘Let’s Go!’ podcast. ‘May the best team win.’
Brady went on to compliment the work that Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel has done in New England, righting the ship and helping lead the team to another Super Bowl appearance after a couple of 4-13 seasons. As far as rooting interests go, the seven-time Super Bowl champion is just rooting for a good game.
‘I wanna see good plays, good throws, good strategy, good decisions,’ Brady said.
The reality may be that Brady actually has two dogs in Super Bowl 60’s two-dog fight.
The Patriots are one dog. The former NFL quarterback spent 20 years of his career in New England, winning six Super Bowls, four Super Bowl MVP awards and three NFL MVP awards during his time there. The Patriots memorialized Brady’s legacy with the team in the form of a statue of their former quarterback, standing 17 feet tall in front of Gillette Stadium.
The other dog is Klint Kubiak, the Seahawks’ offensive coordinator. On Sunday, Feb. 1, multiple reports indicated that the Las Vegas Raiders, a team in which Brady holds a minority ownership stake, were closing on on hiring Kubiak as their next head coach. The hiring cannot become official until after the Seahawks’ season is over – after Super Bowl 60 – but both sides anticipate they’ll close the deal shortly thereafter.
Time will tell which of Brady’s two dogs will come out on top – and whether they’ll put on the show he’s hoping for.